Male in the aquarium
A male of Amphilophus amarillo in the aquarium of Willem Heijns [Netherlands].Photo by Willem Heijns. (13-Mar-2005).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Amphilophus

Group
Citrinellus

Status
valid


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Published:

Last updated on:
03-Jul-2008

Amphilophus amarillo Stauffer & McKaye, 2002

Original description as Amphilophus amarillo:

ZooBank:FA9C88DF-EDDB-4A36-A07D-89DBCCEDFDE1.

  • Stauffer, Jay Richard Jr. & McKaye. 2002. "Descriptions of Three New Species of Cichlid Fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Xiloá, Nicaragua". Cuadernos de investigacion de la Universided de Centro América. v. 12; 1-18 (crc00010) (abstract)

Conservation: Amphilophus amarillo is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.

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